The simple answer is it’s because western liberal regimes are not democracies. A system where you have one set of laws for regular people, and another for the affluent is a plutocracy.

calling what goes on inside that head of yours thinking is very generous

wow

so smart.

shame your comment didn’t add any value to the discussion.

So you’re saying it’s vapid like your own comment?

lmfao if you really think I need to justify myself to some random troll on the internet then you’re even dumber than I thought, and that’s really saying something, now why don’t you glide on out of here like a good dronie

Pretty funny how we’re constantly told that free markets are the superior economic system, but apparently that’s only true as long as big American companies dominate the market.

What’s already been released shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that all western elites are guilty of horrific crimes, and nobody will be held accountable. You can’t pretend that we live in a democracy when the rule of law does not apply to the elites.

Yup, feels great to be a tankie and wach dronies having to deal with the whole neoliberal nightmare they constructed collapse in real time. Meanwhile, there’s no educating racists like you.

I’d be so insulted by that if I didn’t already know from prior interactions what an utter ignoramus you are. Keep on seething there dronie, you’re going to be doing a lot of that going forward.

China also dominates in most technologies at this point, and in science. The US still has some power, but the reality is that it is a fading empire now. The whole retrenchment strategy is a clear admission of that. The US is no longer able to play the role of the global hegemon, and it’s now focusing on getting whatever resources it can out of Europe, and trying to consolidate control over western hemisphere.

I don’t see how the US is in the lead position in terms of global power projection. They lost their proxy war in Ukraine, which has been incredibly costly for them. They were unable to take on Yemen, and had to quietly pull back. They pulled a stunt in Venezuela, but didn’t actually manage to accomplish regime change, and did not put boots on the ground. Now they might try to start a war with Iran, and if they do that will go badly for them if they actually go through with it.

On the economic front, the US lost their trade war with China, and now countries are flocking to China seeing it as a stable alternative. The industry in the US is collapsing with each set of numbers being worse than the last. Things are so bad now that Trump admin is rushing head over hills to shut down reporting of the numbers on the economy.

I would argue that the collapse is in fact settled because it’s the material reality that matters in the end. The ephemeral things the US produces like entertainment, service industry, tech platforms, and so on, are not essential things people need to live. And they only have value when basic needs are met. At the end of the day, eople need to eat, they need goods for their every day lives, food, housing, jobs, healthcare, and retirement. The US is increasingly unable to provide these things for their population. It is no longer self sufficient in many critical areas, and it’s reliant on China to sustain basic economy. That’s precisely why the US was forced to pull back from their trade war.

It’s possible, of course, that the US starts a nuclear holocaust, but my bet is that the oligarchs will choose to rule over a diminished empire rather than live out the rest of their lives in bunkers like rats.

agreed on all points

The funniest thing for me is that humans end up doing the exact same thing. This is why it’s so notoriously difficult to create organizational policies that actually produce desired results. What happens in practice is that people find ways to comply with the letter of the policy that require the least energy expenditure on their part.

that’s a really long winded way to say you have no clue how economics work and don’t understand what democracy is

by all foreign media you must mean a handful of burger reich platforms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China

ironically, the only one aiming to suppress freedom of opinion here is you bud

gotta love how racists freak out when they’re exposed to media from other countries

same

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you are literally sniffing so much glue that your mind exists on another plane of existence